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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Mariner East 2 pipeline construction in Lebanon County
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Cumberland County criticizes Mariner East 2 pipeline builder for dodging safety questions

Cumberland County’s commissioners are accusing the company building the Mariner East 2 pipeline of ignoring residents’ safety concerns about its new natural gas liquids line.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez hears testimony on her bill, which would authorize the city to issuye municipal identification cards.
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Philly ID program explores partnerships with libraries and prisons

Philadelphia moved closer to creating a municipal ID program Tuesday, as a City Council committee advanced an amended bill spelling out how residents can qualify for the cards

8 years ago

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President Trump has made environmental deregulation a priority. (Alex Brandon/AP)
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Justice, spy world veterans warn of consequences if Trump releases secret docs

The White House said Trump is taking this action out of a desire for "transparency."

8 years ago

Attorney Darpana Sheth with the Institute for Justice speaks to reporters on Tuesday, Sept. 18. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
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Philadelphia reaches settlement, agrees to change civil forfeiture program

The deal between Philadelphia and a public interest law firm involves limiting when city prosecutors can invoke civil forfeiture.

8 years ago

NPR
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Kim hosts South Korea’s Moon for Summit talks in Pyongyang

It's the third meeting between Moon and Kim – and the first to take place outside of the "truce village" of Panmunjom, on the border.

8 years ago

Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy (seated) with Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley.
(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Democrats want FBI to investigate Kavanaugh allegations. It likely won’t.

8 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the new limit on refugees to the media Monday at the State Department in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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Immigration

U.S. to limit the number of refugees allowed entry to 30,000, down from 45,000

Setting an annual ceiling in a fiscal year does not guarantee that all of them will enter the U.S.

8 years ago

A condo project being built in Atlantic City in September 2018. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)

Developer puts $85M bet on Atlantic City comeback

'Everything around Atlantic City was really starting to blossom,' says developer of decision to build massive residential complex.

8 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., listens to Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6. Running a tight reelection race in a conservative state, Manchin has faced pressure to support Kavanaugh.
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Elections
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Government Accountability

Battle for the Senate: Candidates in key races respond to Kavanaugh allegations

As the confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh neared, both parties had seen potential political benefits for them in the upcoming midterm elections.

8 years ago

New Jersey

Ask Governor Murphy: Episode 3

Gov. Phil Murphy again apologized to New Jersey commuters for the chronic delays and cancellations that plagued NJ Transit over the summe ...

8 years ago

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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Toomey lauds Senate’s passage of sweeping opioid crisis legislation

The wide-ranging package known as the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 rolls up 70 bills that will be backed by about $5 billion in funding.

8 years ago

Scott Wallace, the Democratic candidate in the newly drawn 8th Congressional District (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

‘False’ accusation, labor endorsements in Bucks County congressional race

Fact-checkers flag an attack ad against Democrat Scott Wallace; his opponent, Brian Fitzpatrick, gets a valuable labor endorsement.

8 years ago

Left: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Gender
Government Accountability

Allegations against Kavanaugh bring back memories of Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill

When I heard that Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination was at risk due to accusations that he sexually assaulting a woman decades ago, I thought of Clarence Thomas

8 years ago

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh
National Interest

Kavanaugh’s accuser is a nightmare for the party of misogyny

Is it any wonder that women are fleeing the GOP en masse? That women are jonesing for a Democratic Congress by a whopping 40 percentage points (65 to 25)?

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Council has approved renaming a section of 59th Street for former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. who led the city from 1984 to 1992. (WHYY file photo)
History
Philadelphia

Wilson Goode Way causes stir in Philadelphia City Council

Goode allowed police to drop explosives on MOVE's fortified rowhome in 1985 during a standoff with the radical back-to-nature group. That caused a fire that consumed 60 homes.

8 years ago

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